lodestone

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Ian shook himself Now he draws me like a lodestone, and now I feel Lucifer to his Michael!

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  1. noun A piece of magnetite that has magnetic properties and attracts iron or steel.
  2. noun One that attracts strongly.

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  • Then he reached out with the lodestone, feeling the emanations of all the metals in the area. —  ASCENDANCE
  • Aydrian sent his thoughts through the lodestone, trying to sense any other metal the robber might be holding. —  ASCENDANCE
  • But as he dug at the tree, for the lodestone was deeply embedded in the trunk, the weight of his actions fell upon him. —  ASCENDANCE
  • The cliff is lodestone, and that temple or whatever you called it is lodestone, too, and they attract each other. —  054 - Ost
  • "Magnetic The small arrowhead is made of lodestone, which is naturally magnetic," the bronze man explained quietly. —  080 - The Stone Man
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  1. Middle English lode, way; see lode + stone (from its use by sailors to show the way).
 

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/ˈloʊdstoʊn/
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